Seton LaSalle’s new QB will have to wait
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
June 27, 2025
Former Southmoreland quarterback Anthony Smith, a transfer to Seton LaSalle, must wait a month to learn his eligibility for the fall. The WPIAL board reviewed transfer paperwork for some students Wedn...
LEPS DONATE TO BAG BRIGADE
High school, Sports
June 26, 2025
The Belle Vernon Area High School softball team presented a check from a team fundraiser to help raise funds for the Bag Brigade. Accepting the check is Ashlee Eisengart from Gospel Alliance Church. T...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
June 26, 2025
SR. LEGION: CONNELLSVILLE AT CHARLEROI
Supporters show up for Watson at board meeting
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 25, 2025
A number of parents and assistant coaches showed up to urge the board to reconsider their decision to open the BVA baseball job. Despite an outpouring of public support for embattled baseball coach To...
High school, Sports
BASEBALL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 25, 2025
Uniontown Jr Legion edged out Belle Vernon White, 4-3, to take the opening game of a steamy doubleheader Tuesday. Uniontown (5-5) jumped out to a quick lead in the top of the first when Andrew Gallick...
Woo Sox sweep EF Jr. Legion
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 25, 2025
Two of the top teams in the Westmoreland County Junior Legion ranks converged at the Boston Ballfields Tuesday evening as it was Woo Sox that just held on for a 3-2 victory over Elizabeth Forward. EF ...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
June 25, 2025
JR. LEGION: CONNELLSVILLE AT BELLE VERNON WHITE –– JEFF HELSEL / MVI SPORTS
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
ELIZABETH FORWARD VS. EAST PENNSBORO ––– JEFF HELSEL / MVI SPORTS
June 24, 2025
BVA to fire another quality coach?
High school, Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
June 23, 2025
It is often said the more things change, the more they stay the same. I was reminded of this school of thought last week when the news broke that the Belle Vernon Area school board was planning to ope...
‘Blindsided’: Watson out as Leopards baseball coach
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 21, 2025
This story ran in Thursday’s e-edition. We’re running it again in print for those without access. The spinning carousel of coaches continues to go round and round at Belle Vernon Area High School. Leo...
Belle Vernon sweeps U’town; Charleroi rolls by Colonial 3
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 21, 2025
Belle Vernon’s Senior Legion team exploded for 14 hits and took control late to hand Uniontown a 9-3 loss Friday in the opening game of a doubleheader at Hutchinson Park. Uniontown looked poised to se...
Regular season comes to a close
High school, Sports
STEEL CITY SUMMER BASKETBALL LEAGUE
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 20, 2025
BeeGraphix defeated Trailside 70–36 on Thursday in Steel City Summer Basketball League play. Canon-McMillan senior guard Lauren Borella led all scorers with 26 points, scoring 20 of them in the first ...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
June 20, 2025
BENTWORTH VS. WEST SHAMOKIN –– JEFF HELSEL / MVI SPORTS
‘Blindsided’: Watson out as Leopards baseball coach
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 19, 2025
Tony Watson said AD Matt Humbert called him Tuesday and told him the school board was opening his position. The spinning carousel of coaches continues to go round and round at Belle Vernon Area High S...
PIAA committee shoots down shot clock
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
June 19, 2025
WPIAL COO Vince Sortino said he sees “it happening in the very near future.” For some, the debate about adding shot clocks to Pennsylvania high school basketball is more about “when” rather than “if.”...
Big 5th inning pushes Belle Vernon past Charleroi
High school, Sports
SENIOR LEGION
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 19, 2025
BV scored five runs to take the lead and hold off Charleroi in an 11-8 win. The matchup between the Belle Vernon Senior Legion and Charleroi Post 22 squads Wednesday evening represented a bit of a mic...
High school, Sports
BASEBALL ROUNDUP
June 19, 2025
By the Mon Valley Independent Geno Valenti tossed a gem and Michael Dunham drove in three runs as Smithfield-Fairchance blanked Colonial #3, 5-0, in Senior Legion play Wednesday. Valenti went 6 1/3 in...
AMD withstands huge rally, tops BeeGraphix
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 18, 2025
The winners battled back after letting a 24-point lead slip away. AMD defeated BeeGraphix, 6662, in a back-and-forth contest in Tuesday’s battle for first place in the Steel City Summer Basketball Lea...